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WRITING WORKSHOP
Response to Expository Text
Learning Targets
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
• Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
• Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
• Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Writing a Response to an Expository Text
The purpose of a response to an expository text is to demonstrate thoughtful understanding of the text. The writer identifies a central idea about the text and provides supporting information to communicate ideas clearly to the reader.
You will work with your teacher and with your classmates to construct two model response essays. You will use these models to help you write your own essay.
Be sure to review the Learning Targets and Scoring Guide to understand the specific requirements of this writing activity.
ACTIVITY 1
Discovering the Elements of a Multi-Paragraph Response to an Expository Text
Before Reading
Quickwrite: What do you know about writing an essay to respond to an expository text? How does a response to an expository text differ from other essays you may have written in the past?
Sample response: The main goal of responding to an expository text is to demonstrate a thoughtful comprehension of expository text. The writer produces an assertion about a text and supports it with textual evidence to show an insightful response to the text. Connections are made among the main idea of the text, the reader’s viewpoint, and the author’s style.
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Close Reading, Think Aloud, SOAPSTone, Marking the Text, Graphic Organizer, Notetaking, Think-Pair-Share, Brainstorming, Webbing, Outlining, Drafting, Free Writing, Rearranging, Deleting, Sharing and Responding
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